Brush



I Deg, 2, 1924.

G. v. BRANNsTRoM ET AL.

BRUSH Filed -April 16, 1924 Patented Dec. 2, 1924.

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'FATE GUSTAF V. BRANNSTROM AND VERNER J. CARLSON, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BRUSH.

Application filled April 16, 1924. Serial No. 706,819.

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Be it'known that we- GUs'rAF V. BRANN-y s'rRoM and VERNER J. CARLSON, subjects of the King of Sweden, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates, generally, to irn` provements in cleaning devices, but has particular relation to brushes of a type designed more especially for useby housewives in cleaning culinary articles, vsuch as sinks, kettles, pots, pans, jars, forms, table or china ware, and the like, and it consists in the novel use and certain characteristics of the material of which the brushes are mainly made up, as well as certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement and comb-ination of the parts thereof as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

One of the objects of the invention is, to furnish a brush which is, by preference, mainly made up of the dried roots of ric-e plants, a material which heretofore has generally been wasted, thereby furnishing a novel use for the said material and rendering the manufacture of the brush extremely inexpensive, yet providing a brush of great durability and eiiciency.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a brush which shall be of such construction, form and size as to enable it to be more conveniently or readily handled or manipulated and more effectively, than brushes commonly in use for cleaning kitchen utensils, glass or table ware and other articles.

Still another object and advantage of the invention is the production of a brush which has no wooden or other kind of handle to interfere with its effective use or to injure fragile articles when cleaning the same.

A. further object of the device is to p-rovide a brush which can be readily and thoroughly cleaned after it has been used for cleaning greasy vessels or those having contained glutenous or sticky material, thereby providing a highly sanitary brush and one that can be used indefinitely.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the following description and explanation.

In the accompanying drawing, which Serves to illustrate an embodiment ofthe invention,-

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation thereof.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached view of one of the members forming the bristles of the brush.

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout the different views of the drawing.

As is clearly shown in Figs. l and 2, the brush is madeup or comprises a bunch or group of fibrous members 4 of any suitable ength, which members are by preference the dried roots of rice plants, but we desire it to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the use of said material. These members as shown in Fig. 3, are crinkled or provided with irregular undulations and are placed alongside of each other and formed into a cross-sectionally circular bunch or cluster, the middle portion of which is securely and tightly bound with a coil of wire 5 preferably of copper or other material not likely to corrode. The ends of this coil of wire or band are twisted together as at 6, see Fig. 2, and said twisted portion is deflected diametrically with respect to the coil and imbedded in the members or bristles 4; at one side of the coil, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2 of the drawing, thus disposing the twisted part of the coil in such a way as not to injure the hand of the user or to scratch or mar articles being cleaned with the brush.

By employing the coil or band 5 midway between the ends of the bristles formed by the members 4, it is apparent that the middle portion of the brush will be of cylindrical form and of a size to be conveniently grasped by the hand of the user, while the portions of the brush on each side of kthe coil will be flared towards their free ends or truncated,

As before stated, the members 4. comprising Ithe bristles of the brush are crinkled or wavy, which formation will afford a degree of resiliency thereto, thus causing them to be slightly separated at their outer ends so that each end of the brush will be enlarged and thereby afford an enlarged surface or portion to be used for cleaning purposes, for it will be understood that the ends of the enlarged portions on each side of the coil are placed against the surface of the article to be cleaned and manipulated so as to remove material adhering to the surface of the article.

lVliile We have shown the members e comprising vthe bristles of the brush as being crinkled or wavy, and prefer Ato use members of such formation, yet We desire it to be understood that We do not limit ourselves to such formation, but may employ memH vbers as bristles having lno crinlrles or undulations therein.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawing, it Will be readily understood that by LOur improvements We have provided abrush of very simple construction and one that can be economically manufactured. Furthermore, We have provided a brush which, While it is Well adapted for cleaning culinary articles such as We have previously mentioned, yet Which can be used for other purposes Without a departure from the spirit oi' the invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A brush consisting of a plurality of elongated members substantially i equal in length, said members being crinkled and located side by side and formed into a crossseetonally circular body, and a Wire coiled around the middle portion of said body, said coil having its ends twist-ed together and disposed diametrically with respect to the coil and imbedded in the said members on oneside thereof.

i8. A brush consisting of a plurality of roots of rice plants substantially equal in length, said roots being crinliled and located side by side and formed int-o a crosssectionally circular body, and a Wire coiled around the middle Cportion of said body, said coil having` its ends twisted together and disposed diametrically with respect to the coil and imbedded in the said roots on one side thereof.

GUSTAF V. BRANNSTROM. VERNER J. CARLSON. 

